Yes, although this is rare. The job skills and educational background required to be a veterinary technician is very different from the job skills and educational background required for a veterinarian.
you have to take a test on veterinarian medicines
A veterinarian is a medical doctor and a veterinary technician is not, so the veterinary technician is limited to acting as an assistant to the veterinarian.
To become a qualified veterinarian technician you have to acquire a 2 year associates degree or a 4 year bachelors degree from a school that is certified by the American Veterinary Medical Association.. After that you must be certified by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Being an experienced veterinary technician will give you a leg up, but you still need to get a bachelor's degree (preferably in a science) and get into and successfully complete veterinary school. See the related question on what is need to be a veterinarian.
In simple terms, the Veterinarian is the doctor and the Veterinary Technician is the nurse. The Veterinarian makes diagnoses and prescribes treatments, the Veterinary Technician carries out the treatment orders, or assists the Veterinarian in ensuring treatments are completed.
A veterinarian can operate on your pet, and perscribe medication. A technician can not do either one of those actions If you were comparing this to human medicine, a veterinarian is the doctor, and a registered veterinary technician (RVT) would be the registered nurse (RN).
A veterinarian makes significantly more than a veterinary technician.
A veterinary assistant is a person who assists a veterinarian in providing medical care for animals but does not meet the requirements to be a veterinary technician or veterinarian.
She was a cheerleader & she was studying to be a veterinarian technician in college.
Veterinarian and Xray Technician.
It takes two years at a technical college to become a Veterinary Technician. After that, you take your certification exam. HTH!
Yes, although this isn't that common in the United States. A veterinary technician would have to go back to college and complete the pre-requisite classes to apply to vet school, then complete four years of vet school, same as any other person who is interested in becoming a veterinarian.